Former senior Department of Energy official Sam Brinton, who identifies as “nonbinary,” is set to appear in court to answer to baggage theft charges from an airport in September.
Brinton, who is often seen wearing women’s clothing, allegedly stole $2,325 worth of luggage from the baggage claim area in Minneapolis St. Paul Airport in mid-September. Charges were brought in late October.
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The former Biden official faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Brinton is set to appear in court Wednesday, February 15, after a judge denied multiple attempts by Brinton’s lawyers to allow him to attend remotely. The lawyers said Brinton was having “employment issues.”
Sam Brinton, Head of Advocacy and Government Affairs at The Trevor Project, on Monday, June 4, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll…
